Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales
Cultural variation can affect the genetic evolution of a species if there are consistent cultural differences that contribute to fitness variation between groups of individuals. In this study, measures of the reproductive success of groups of sperm whales from different cultural clans are used as pr...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/a741d86b-2e69-4f45-8df7-6f369a4253d4 2023-05-15T17:59:20+02:00 Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales Marcoux, M Whitehead, H Rendell, Luke Edward 2007-05 https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/indications-of-fitness-differences-among-vocal-clans-of-sperm-whales(a741d86b-2e69-4f45-8df7-6f369a4253d4).html https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0342-6 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34147133773&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.springerlink.com/content/024165477l85387u/ eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Marcoux , M , Whitehead , H & Rendell , L E 2007 , ' Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales ' , Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology , vol. 61 , no. 7 , pp. 1093-1098 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0342-6 culture fitness Physeter macrocephalus reproductive success vocal clan PHYSETER-MACROCEPHALUS CODA VOCALIZATIONS MATRILINEAL WHALES GENETIC DIVERSITY SIZE article 2007 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0342-6 2021-12-26T14:13:52Z Cultural variation can affect the genetic evolution of a species if there are consistent cultural differences that contribute to fitness variation between groups of individuals. In this study, measures of the reproductive success of groups of sperm whales from different cultural clans are used as proxies for fitness. We measure reproductive success using population length distributions from acoustic and photographic measurements and visual observations of the presence of calves. The results obtained are generally consistent between methods; there are large and significant differences between the clans in the measures of reproductive success. The results from this study strengthen the case for cultural hitchhiking in sperm whales by indicating that differences in culture between clans correlate with differences in fitness. Article in Journal/Newspaper Physeter macrocephalus University of St Andrews: Research Portal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61 7 1093 1098 |
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Cultural variation can affect the genetic evolution of a species if there are consistent cultural differences that contribute to fitness variation between groups of individuals. In this study, measures of the reproductive success of groups of sperm whales from different cultural clans are used as proxies for fitness. We measure reproductive success using population length distributions from acoustic and photographic measurements and visual observations of the presence of calves. The results obtained are generally consistent between methods; there are large and significant differences between the clans in the measures of reproductive success. The results from this study strengthen the case for cultural hitchhiking in sperm whales by indicating that differences in culture between clans correlate with differences in fitness. |
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Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales |
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Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales |
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Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales |
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Marcoux , M , Whitehead , H & Rendell , L E 2007 , ' Indications of fitness differences among vocal clans of sperm whales ' , Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology , vol. 61 , no. 7 , pp. 1093-1098 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0342-6 |
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